Wireless is transforming products in healthcare, with many manufacturers seeking to use the technology to help make their devices more lightweight, portable, and convenient. Manufacturers are also scrambling to create technologies that integrate with popular consumer products such as smartphones. Here's a quick look at some of the new technologies that are being developed or already on the market. As a matter of policy, AAMI does not endorse specific products, and the information about these products comes from press releases issued by the respective companies.Gentag Inc. and The Core Institute are developing a cell phone-based post-operative orthopedics surgery monitoring kit. The kit, according to the developers, allows patients to self-monitor for excessive swelling in the surgical area or inside casts with their cell phones.The patient wears a diagnostic skin patch which contains a temperature and pressure monitoring chip that can communicate with nearby cell phones or wireless-enabled laptops. The company says the patch can also link directly to a hospital's medical records.WellDoc has created a new mobile health system for diabetes treatment called DiabetesManager. The system is designed to help adult patients with Type 2 Diabetes by providing real-time clinically based feedback and virtual coaching on effective lifestyle and medication adjustments.Through the system, patients can enter their blood glucose readings and other medication information. DiabetesManager then uses a clinical analytics engine to provide real-time feedback on the data.The patient information is also made available to nurses and doctors who can review the information through an enterprise portal, and provide additional communication to the patient if needed about what actions he or she needs to take.Managing glucose can get pretty difficult when the patient leads an active life, which is why Dexcom says it has created the Seven PLUS Continuous Glucose Monitoring System. The system has a wireless and water-resistant transmitter to continuously monitor glucose for seven days, while other brands last up to three or five.The system uses a wearable sensor to monitor the glucose continuouusly. The data is sent wirelessly to the receiver, which can show glucose levels and alerts.MobiSante has created a new smartphone-based ultrasound imaging system called MobiUS. The system can examine various parts of the body, including the abdomen, aorta, kidneys, gall bladder, thyroid, and soft tissues.The system can leverage both cellular and Wi-Fi to send images for diagnosis or to a picture archiving and communications system (PACS) for storage. MobiSante says it wants to develop the technology further to provide mobile imaging systems for remote, rural locations.GE Healthcare and AirStrip collaborated to create AirStrip CARDIOLOGY, which aims to provide real-time electrocardiogram (ECG) measurements to clinicians. Currently, clinicians in remote areas have to rely on static scanned images, which require computer access and can be easily distorted once you zoom in.Airstrip CARDIOLOGY can allow clinicians to view and measure ECG waveforms on their mobile devices. The technology directly links to the GE Healthcare MUSE Cardiology Information System, which is a central cardiac repository that facilitates ECG analysis and online physician review. MUSE transmits data to AirStrip by exporting an ECG file to the AirStrip server. Mobile devices that run AirStrip CARDIOLOGY can connect to the server to view the ECG file. AirStrip CARDIOLOGY requires a hospital to install a server that collects the ECG data from MUSE.BiancaMed has created a new noncontact device to help clinicians monitor sleep and breathing in a patient's home. The SleepMinder contains a sensitive radio frequency motion sensor that the company says can detect respiration and movement without being connected to the body. “The sensor incorporates sophisticated biometric software that converts the motion data into a measurement of sleep,” the company says.Philips Healthcare has developed two IntelliVue wireless measurement devices to monitor patients' vital signs such as pulse and blood pressure.The devices are designed to increase patient mobility, according to Philips. Both are small and lightweight with a long battery life. They connect via short range radio to IntelliVue patient monitors and telemetry transceivers.